Lot 293
**Originally Listed At $450**
Native American, United States, ca. 9th to 21st century CE. An assortment of Native American artifacts and sale items from many time periods and from across the United States: Alaska Inuit, midwestern Iowa, Minnesota, Plains tribes, ancient southwestern Hohokam, Mimbres, and Zuni Pueblo. Included is a catlinite stone ring shaped carving, a black stone bead, stone pendant, a carved shell eagle, 2 deer antler fetishes, a polished walrus ivory fragment, an adorable antler turtle inlaid with turquoise stones and black glass beads, a carved bone & brass hairpipe bead necklace, a Mimbres bone awl stick, and a miniature Hohokam stone bowl / grinder mortar. One deer antler carved fetish depicts Avanyu (also Awanyu) or Kolowisi, a plumed serpent deity and a protector of the Pueblo people. The surface is etched to resemble a diamondback rattlesnake and a white feather is attached to the neck by a thread. Size of antler snake: 6" L x 0.75" W (15.2 cm x 1.9 cm)
Please note this item may fall under the Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act and is not eligible for international shipping. Native American, Alaska Native, & Native Hawaiian objects are only eligible to ship within the United States.
This is an ESA antique exempt piece of walrus ivory and cannot be sold internationally or to anyone residing in the states of California, Hawaii, Illinois, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, and Washington.
Provenance: private Reinsmoen collection, Clear Lake, Iowa, USA, acquired through descent from Robert Anderson, acquired prior to 2000
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- Condition: Chips and nicks to bone and antler, with stable fissures on the antlers. One antler carving is missing stone and is faded with age. The rest of the pieces are good antique / pre-owned condition.
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